Table 1. . List of primer sequences of pancreatic β-cell and hypoxia-related genes used in qRT-PCR.

Gene	Primer sequence	Study	Ref.
Nkx2.2	F: 5′-CACGCAGGTCAAGATCTG-3′	Wu et al.	[26]
	R: 5′-TGCCCGCCTGGAAGGTGGCG-3′
Ngn-3	F:5′-CTTCACAAGAAGTCTGAGAACACCAG-3′
	R: 5′-CTGCGCATAGCGGACCACAGCTTC-3′
PDX-1	F: 5′-GGTGCCAGAGTTCAGTGCTAA-3′
	R: 5′-CCAGTCTCGGTTCCATTCG-3′
GAPDH	F: 5′-CACCCTGTTGCTGTAGCCATATTC-3′
	R: 5′-GACATCAAGAAGGTGGTGAAGCAG-3′
HIF-1α	F: 5′-CACTGCACAGGCCACATTCAT-3′	Yu et al.	[28]
	R: 5′-AAGCAGGTCATAGGCGGTTTC-3′
Caspase-3	F: 5′-TGGTACCGATGTCGATGCAGC-3′	Saini et al.	[29]
	R: 5′-GGTCCACAGGTCCGTTCGTT-3′
BNIP-3	F: 5′-TCGCTCCCAGACACCACA-3′	Diao et al.	[30]
	R: 5′-GCCGACTTGACCAATCCC-3′
Bcl-2	F: 5′-TGACTTCTCTCGTCGCTACC-3′	Thangarajan et al.	[31]
	R: 5′-CATCTCCCTGTTGACGCTCT-3′
VEGF	F: 5′-CAGCTATTGCCGTCCAATTGA-3′	Liu et al.	[36]
	R: 5′- CCAGGGCTTCATCATTGCA-3′